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[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 24 views]
ZoomIt your Presentations

ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my presentations.

ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs.

Featured, Graphics »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 34 views]
INKSCAPE (Similar to Adobe Illustrator)

InkScape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator and CorelDraw.

Graphics »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 15 views]

GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. Its file format support ranges from the common likes of JPEG (JFIF), GIF, PNG, TIFF to special use formats such as the multi-resolution and multi-color-depth Windows icon files. If you need Photoshop but don’t want to pay 400 dollars then you need to get GIMP. You can do…

Audio/Video »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 30 views]

If you are into creating music, editing music or just like to control every aspect of your music and you don’t have 400 dollars to spend on a music suite then you need to check out Renoise. Renoise has a unique bottom-up approach to music making. With its vertical timeline and streamlined interface, Renoise lets…

Office/Desktop »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 20 views]

Many people are not aware that there is a FREE piece of software that will give you the same funcationality of Microsoft Office. It is compatible with all MS Office applications and it won’t cost you $150.00 dollars! It is called, Open Office and it is awesome. It is so good that many school systems…

Featured, Security »

[28 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 65 views]
Cleaning Up Your Computer

There are many ways to clean up your computer but one of my favorite methods is using a program called, CCleaner.

Featured, Office/Desktop »

[26 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 14 views]

Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to restore accidentally deleted files.

Audio/Video »

[26 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 22 views]
VideoSpin

The makers of the Avid has updated their FREE video editing software and re-released it under the name, VideoSpin.

Misc »

[26 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 4 views]

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. I use it for all my Zip, Rar, or ISO extraction needs. It supports a wide variety of file extensions.

Web 2.0 »

[17 Aug 2008 | No Comment | 5 views]

Creating a website no longer requires knowledge of HTML (the language used to create websites).